Config for running NextJS production app on Laravel Forge with WP backend

laravel-forge-deploy-nextjs.sh

# Deploy script - change the site from default if needed, of course
SITE="/home/forge/default"
cd $SITE
git pull origin $FORGE_SITE_BRANCH

# npm ci
npm run build

pkill -f  "node $SITE/node_modules/.bin/next start"

nginx.conf

# ... insert around line 30
location / {
  proxy_pass http://localhost:3000; # Port number of node http server
  proxy_http_version 1.1;
  proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
  proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
  proxy_set_header Host $host;
  proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}

# Specific to allow WP to run off the same server/site
# This assumes you have WordPress in a /wp directory, and the wp-content in /content dir
rewrite ^/login$ /wp/wp-login.php permanent;

location /wp {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
    
location /content {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}

You also need to create a deamon to keep the node server running